Task for devil: washing a Jew (Jewess), to rid him (her) of the evil smell. (Cf. A1662.1.)
Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Other ogres. · Other ogres. · view the constellation · filed as G303.16.19.3.3
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Scholars’ trail — 1reference
The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.
- LithuanianBalys Index No. *1187.
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Filed under One is freed if he can set a task the devil cannot perform.
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